brigadier

[ brig-uh-deer ]

noun
  1. British Military. a rank between colonel and major general.

  2. U.S. Army Informal. a brigadier general.

  1. History/Historical. a noncommissioned rank in the Napoleonic armies.

Origin of brigadier

1
1670–80; <French: officer commanding a brigade; see brigade, -ier2

Other words from brigadier

  • brig·a·dier·ship, noun
  • un·der·brig·a·dier, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for brigadier

brigadier

/ (ˌbrɪɡəˈdɪə) /


noun
  1. an officer of the British Army or Royal Marines who holds a rank junior to a major general but senior to a colonel, usually commanding a brigade

  2. an equivalent rank in other armed forces

  1. US army short for brigadier general

  2. history a noncommissioned rank in the armies of Napoleon I

Origin of brigadier

1
C17: from French, from brigade

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